Three teenagers have been killed and one has been badly injured after a driver lost control of a car and hit a tree in Unity.

State police say the driver of a 1997 Saab 9000 was heading on West Unity Road at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control, went off the road a struck a tree. The car was split into two separate pieces.

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Amongst the debris lies a growing memorial for the three teens who died.

Larry Owen woke to the sound of a crash early Sunday morning.

When he went outside, he said he walked into a nightmare.

"I came over to what had been the front of the car,” Owen said. “It was a mangled mess of steel and I could see an arm hanging down."

The crash happened on his front lawn.

Police said two 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old died at the scene. Police say a 17-year-old passenger has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

The 18-year-old was a passenger, Brittany Bailey of Claremont.

“Brittany was obviously deceased,” Owen said. “It pains me to say, but I could see that she had died slumped in the back seat.”

According to state police, the teens were in a sedan driving north on W. Unity Road at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control.

The car traveled off the road and into Owen’s front lawn. The vehicle struck a tree, causing it to break into pieces.

A body and parts of the vehicle were found far from where the crash took place.